Chief MacBain of MacBean sent me the following information on Clans, Septs, and Regiments
of the Scottish Highlands (author unknown).

Roughly: in the army company officers have pipe banners. Details vary according to the
tradition of each regiment. Usually the regimental crest is on one side and either the
arms or crest of the company officer (if armigerous) on the other. In civil life, lairds,
chieftains, and chiefs are those entitled to pipe banners which either display their
arms over the whole area or the whole coat of arms with crest and supporters. The
former is the older form. A chief has three pipers, a chieftain two, and other lairds
one. Only the senior of two or three pipers bears the the pipe banner. They are not
permissible by professional pipers as a piece of meaningless show, i.e., when not appearing
for a person entitled to a pipe banner.Alonso Chattan, 3 August 2000

I have a pipe banner from my time as a company commander in the Argyll and
Sutherlanders. You are welcome to use the images to illustrate your page. This is the pipe
banner carried by Major William Douglas's company piper whilst he served in the Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders. It depicts his personal crest and motto.William Douglas, 4 December 2012